Australian Aboriginal Art on Display at Exclusive Karuna Village Exhibition

Our exclusive exhibition of Karuna Village Fair Trade art and crafts has now begun at the Fair Trade Cafe and will be running through until the end of the year. We have a wide variety of high quality art and crafts from around the world, including three aboriginal paintings from Australia.

This piece is called 'Bradshaw Rock Art' by artist Ju Ju Wilson. It is 12" x 10" in size and the medium is ochre on canvas. Each of our Australian paintings are accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Ju Ju Wilson, whose aboriginal name is Burriwee, is a member of a well known painting family whose paintings are collected worldwide. Not only does she paint but she is also an expert on 'bush tucker' (edible wild foods), and bush medicines, is a renown didgeridoo maker and boomerang carver, is a sought after cultural advisor and has made numerous television appearances on subjects about rock art and sacred sites in Australia, about which she is an authority. And all while looking after a family of six!

Every painting, every artist has a unique story to tell, and that is what is so special about owning a piece of fair trade art. So, if you are in the area, and are looking for something unique to buy your loved one for Christmas, come on down to the Fair Trade Cafe in Downtown Phoenix and see what other stories we have for you to see!

You can see many of the pieces on display at the exhibition on our Flickr page - www.flickr.com/photos/fair_trade_art/

Plans for October's Fair Trade Month

As you may be aware by now, October is Fair Trade Month and Karuna Village and the Fair Trade Cafe are busy making plans to play our part in the proceedings. We are currently in the process of buying a variety of fair trade art pieces from around the world in readiness for our forthcoming pavement art sales, set to begin on Saturday October, 4th at the Fair Trade Cafe in downtown Phoenix (see http://azfairtrade.com for a map). The pavement art sales will be held every Saturday throughout the month and, if successful, we may well continue them on a regular basis. [Note: by "pavement art sale" I mean a sale of art on the pavement/sidewalk outside the cafe, not an exhibition of "pavement art" as in chalk drawings on the sidewalk! Just in case anyone gets confused with my British terminology!].

The art purchases will also go towards building up our stock in readiness for the exclusive Karuna Village exhibition which will run from First Friday in November (7th) through the Christmas period up to the last Sunday in December, when we shall return to the exhibitions of our local artists.
However, there will still be a substantial showing of Karuna Village art in the cafe for those looking to purchase something original and unique and which helps indigenous artists around the world. I will be highlighting some of the new art as it arrives, so watch this space!